I hope that the internship will exist of varied work, so that I have the possibility to learn more about the tourism branch and the way things work. Furthermore I hope that I can show, but also improve the skills I have already learned. I realize I can not compare school with working for an internship, because everything is need to be done faster and it might be more hectic and serious. Though I want to achieve, that I can adapt myself, so I will fit in the working tourism branch.

New Zealand has always been somewhere I’ve wanted to travel to and I always wanted to do my placement abroad so it seemed like the perfect place to do it!

For my CV I think that, especially in tourism, it is really important to show that you have the experience of working far away from home for a long time. I think that is a very important experience which would definitely improve the credibility of my CV.

Name: Stephen University: Arizona State University (Graduate) Course: Bachelor of Science, Tourism Development & Management Heading to: New Zealand For how long: 12 months Starting: October 2010 Programme: New Zealand Tourism Internship programme One of the main things that I am looking forward to in New Zealand is simply the change of lifestyle and the [...]

Hi, I am Polly! Jon has made the effort to give a brief summary of how my departing from the UK went. Thank you for that. Now I will try to tell you guys the whole story… It all began about a year ago when my second academic year resumed in Bournemouth University. Our lecturers [...]